Asrock 970M Pro3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock 970M Pro3 (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160617
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '21 at 06:34
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 75.6 1-Core 68.1 2-Core 125 55% 89.6 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 305 28% 235 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70% Good	Lighting 86.3 Reflection 88.2 Parallax 80.4 70% 85 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 70.2 69% 87.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF450000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 417 Write 322 Mixed 247 244% 328 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 17 2,692% 12.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 160%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 719GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 132 133 138 139 152 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 171 Write 148 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 138 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown NMUD380D81-1600C 1x8GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	25.6% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 7.4 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 33%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	7	60	24"	1280 720	AUS24A1 VG245

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Typical 970M Pro3 Builds (Compare 843 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asrock 970M Pro3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	289x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	228x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	70x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	92x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	51x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	47x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 2x8GBUnknownBench 52%, 6,864 samples	35x
NMUD380D81-1600C 1x8GBUnknownBench 28%, 485 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16